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Acts 21:34 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 34. 34And some cried one thing, some another, among the multitude: and when he could not know the certainty for the tumult, he commanded him to be carried into the castle.
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Role in This Section
Depicts contradictory crowd shouting that prevents knowledge and forces removal to the fortress.
Read It With
- Acts 21:27–21:36
Acts 21:34 depicts contradictory crowd shouting that prevents knowledge and forces removal to the fortress; within Acts 21:27–21:36, the controlling movement is that Jews from Asia accuse Paul of opposing people, law, and temple and falsely assume he brought Trophimus inside; the city erupts, soldiers interrupt the beating, and a commander arrests Paul amid contradictory shouting.
Why It Needs Context
Depicts contradictory crowd shouting that prevents knowledge and forces removal to the fortress. Its responsible force depends on the full sequence, speaker, narrator framing, and outcome of Acts 21:27–21:36; it is connective evidence rather than a complete standalone teaching.
Continue in Context
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Read Acts 21:27–21:36 — A false temple accusation sparks mob violence and Roman custodySources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and unit coverage.
Exact location: Acts 21:27–21:36, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and punctuation control, without pretending one edition is a complete apparatus.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text, Acts 21:27-21:36
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